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O.K. here goes, i purchased a pair of red foot torts a few months back that are eating and look otherwise healthy, from the person i got them and the price I paid, I can be sure they were wild caught.
and recently i added another female to the mix.
our good friend Terry from this forum has warned me about putting the new tort in with the others untell a vet check is done.
well to be honest none have been checked and it was advice too late, they had allready spent a night together.
so I am posting in order to gain an education on how to introduce new animals and what should be done with new arrivals before introduction.
is there some terrible thing red foot torts are prone to??
Thanks for your information to all who help to educate us new guys.
Chris

this is my oops, looks like i mis-stated something in the prev. post.
Terry did not know that my original red foot torts were most likely wild caughts and he had mentioned to me about posting the questions on K/S to get a well rounded answer to my questions.
I apologise if anyone was offended or misled.
toes are easy to step on in this industry and there are allways those waiting to strike out in anger over silly mistakes.
i have even had people snap off with terrible remarks over a miss spelled word.
isnt that so sad?

While it's true certain organisms are necessary in tortoises to digest their food, etc. Other organisms are not.. especially when acquiring/introducing new animals into our existing worlds.

A tortoise can eat like a pig.. weigh like a bowling ball.. and look clean as a pin.. and be full of worms!!

Some of us have a little (in my case) success at keeping and breeding tortoises.. and when we read daily of how those with little or no experience.. try to keep and breed animals that have been abused and/or mistreated by "humans?" and the wild.. we have a tendency to "advise" in ways that sometimes are misunderstood or offending!

So when we say: Vet check and treat 'em.. it's only because...

You gotta love 'em!

Terry